

What’s also inspiring is science, and history, and just anything in the world around us.” “Obviously, stories are always important to me. I try and cultivate in myself as much as possible,” she explained. One of my favorite qualities in a person is curiosity. “For me, inspiration has always come from the interesting things in the world. Then Roth continued to address where her inspiration comes from for her books. Then I did exposure therapy two years after that.” Tris literally goes through basically exposure therapy in Divergent. But I also think that through the writing, I can explore some of the issues that I discovered years later that was what I was working through while I was writing. In that sense, it has been at odds with my writing. So I have always thought it’s important to prioritize mental health because then you can do a better job at your job. And I think that’s a total lie, especially it has been for me,” she told the fan. “There is this feeling that if you treat your mental illness that you won’t be able to create as beautiful as rich art.

One of the fans wondered how Roth handled mental illness in her life and career since she publicly addresses the issue. In the continuing Facebook series called Letters To…., Veronica Roth surprised two superfans in the discussion of their fan letters to the author.ĪLSO READ: Sabaa Tahir Talks New Book and Inspiration On Facebook Watch Series Letters To…. Her latest publication was with Chosen Ones, a magical apocalyptic novel. She also wrote the Shards and Ashes anthology and Carve the Mark duology. Nonetheless, Roth wrote a prequel collection of short stories with Four: A Divergent Collection. It spawned three book-to-film adaptations of the same name that starred Shailene Woodley but never concluded the film series with Ascendant. The three-book series included Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. The society was divided into the following five factions of Candor (honesty), Abnegation (selflessness), Dauntless (bravery), Amity (peacefulness) and Erudite (intelligence). Veronica Roth had built up millions of loyal fans from her Divergent series books.įans fell in love with Tris Prior as she navigates the struggles of a futuristic dystopian world that pits five factions of young adults against each other.
